Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi – October 4, 1993

In the reports, the news of Russia is hot and at the top. Armed conflict has started since yesterday and supporters of parliament have occupied several places. Then the government forces counterattacked and they closed the parliament with bullets and cannons. Finally, this evening, the resistance of the members of the parliament broke down and surrendered. There are no shortage of breakdowns, deaths and injuries.

Mr. [Sidiyounes] Mousavi, the representative of Abadan, came. He thanked for the progress of the reconstruction work and asked for side issues. He used to be a reconstruction worker. [Mr. Mohammad Reza Naseri], the representative of Mime and Borkhar, came and asked for gas and Islamic Azad University.

Mr. [Syed Hossein] Hosseini Shahroudi, [the representative of Shahroud and the head of the Economic Commission of the Majlis] came. He has cancer. He underwent chemotherapy and lost his hair, but he is hopeful. He talked about the new minister of economy and adjustment policy and raised the administrative and construction demands of Shahrood.

Mr. [Ali] Danesh Monfared, the representative of Ashtian and Tafarsh, came. He had a report on the situation there and had no other request than my trip to his area. He is not in favor of the large expansion of Tafaresh University and says that it should be completed at the current level.

[Mr. Baikoff], Minister of Energy [and Fuel Resources] of Kazakhstan came. He expressed satisfaction with his agreements on oil, trade and transportation and talked about the events in Russia. He believes that Yeltsin is exaggerating and rushing; It would have been better to wait until the elections.

A group of representatives from South Khorasan came and demanded gas pipelines and acceleration and development in the construction of the railway. They talked about my trip. Mr. Habibi came in the evening. They talked about the 14-story building of Shahid Motahari School in Saad Abad and the way to fix it. The intruder is the presidential guest house.

The meeting of the Economic Council became the meeting of the Supreme Council of Free Zones. We made some decisions. Mr. Noorbakhsh and Adeli, representing the government, explained about the proposals regarding the collective deadline of the major western countries. According to the invitation of the Minister of Economy of France, they will go to Paris.

Mr. [Mohammed Reza] Bahner, [Ali Mohammad] Basharti and [Mohammed Reza] Rahimi called about the issue of Rahimi's governorship [in Kurdistan] and the possibility of opposition from the leadership, and their problem was resolved by my phone call with the leadership.

The children were at our house for dinner. Mehdi announced that an agreement has been reached with an Italian company to hand over 30% of the South Pars gas platforms to domestic construction.